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The full complement of the initially purchased 15 hazard marker buoys have now been installed – thank you for all the efforts of the Navigation Committee!
As before, to view the latest map – click here
Two additional hazards have been identified and will be marked in the near future. If people are aware of any additional hazards they believe should be marked, please email information to dragandsprucelakes@gmail.com.
NOTE:
From the navigation page,
Caution: This map should not be used as a guide in navigation as it does not show all the various shoals, hazards or other perils which might be present in, on or in the vicinity of the lakes.
For Outlet Bay specifically, this means that buoys were placed on SOME of the shallow obstructions in Outlet Bay in the general area of which many (not all) boaters use to navigate the waterway between Drag Lake and the Spruce Lake narrows. These buoys DO NOT indicate in any way a marked channel. Some boaters may want to use them as waypoints for their navigation through the channel. In no way however, does the Navigation Committee recommend the distance to stay from the buoys or which side you should pass them on. Due to the many unmarked hazards and low water in this area it is imperative that every boater make their own route and know what is beneath them.
1. For the latest updates from FOCA – click here
2. Annual Haliburton Health Radiothon – click here
ENJOY THE LONG WEEKEND!!
Members of the Navigation Committee have been hard at work and have begun to install the planned navigation hazard markers.
To view the map showing their locations and a brief description of the hazards marked – click here
The remaining planned markers will be installed over the course of the next week or two.
The hazard marker map will be kept updated, and will continue to be accessed by this same link. This link will also be displayed on the website home page as Navigation Hazard Markers under DSLPOA Info
If you have any questions please send to dragandsprucelakes@gmail.com
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Land Acknowledgement
We respectfully acknowledge that the County of Haliburton is located on Treaty 20 Michi Saagiig territory, and in the traditional territory of the Michi Saagiig and Chippewa Nations, collectively known as the Williams Treaties First Nations, which are Curve Lake, Rama, Hiawatha, Alderville, Scugog Island, Beausoleil and Georgina Island First Nations.
We acknowledge a shared presence of Indigenous nations throughout the area, and recognize its original, Indigenous inhabitants as the stewards of its lands and waters since time immemorial.